American Cars and Meeting Clients

[PaperHanger]

Since it's Friday, how about a curve ball in the mix...we spend just as much on the energy to propel theses cars, as the original purchase price, over the life of the vehicle....so how about Buy AhMerican Energy

Chevy Volt / Tesla Anything. ...burn electrons made in USA instead of that fancy imported oil?

 

[rousemark]

Since it's Friday, how about a curve ball in the mix...we spend just as much on the energy to propel theses cars, as the original purchase price, over the life of the vehicle....so how about Buy AhMerican Energy

Chevy Volt / Tesla Anything. ...burn electrons made in USA instead of that fancy imported oil?

How about Murphy oil?

 

[axeman462]

I find American cars to be much more reliable than the rice burners. As for the other stuff, I would certainly buy everything American made if I could.

The reason I can't is because American consumers were quick to buy foreign goods and put the American manufacturers out of business. I don't think you can buy an athletic shoe anymore that's made here. New Balance was the last but now they import. The price hasn't gone down on the imports but the quality has certainly gone down.

Im going to have to agree with JD on this one. You should have bought american, we make great cars.

But OP you should know that just because some of the parts on a ford are made in mexico, it does not mean the car was made in mexico. Most ford cars that are sold in the USA are assembled in the united states by hard working americans.
I hope this event teaches you to start buying American; Yuengling beer, Dove soap, Ford cars, vegetables from a farmers market, remington guns...

 

[deadhead]

I buy whatever is economical

 

[RonSmith1984]

One could argue that American made cars keep money here stateside which is good for the economy...

One could also argue that a Honda civic will FAR outlast pretty much any American made car plus get nearly unmatched gas mileage, allowing the hard working Americans to keep more of their money to spend elsewhere (rather than on costly repairs and gas, they will have money to buy insurance )

As for me,
I have a Ford Lightning, GMC Sierra and a Chevy Tahoe......thinking bout a Honda Civic or Ford Fusion tho for work purposes

 

[gordon112]

If you care about the content of the car and where it is made, it says that right on the sticker when you buy a brand new vehicle.

Toyota and Honda have a lot of cars that are built here that use a good amount of our suppliers. They have set up shop mainly in the south to avoid the union and other demands while getting slightly lower wages and plenty of willing and able workers. The real advantage was the tax incentives they got for building them. Mercedes in Alabama, to Toyota in Ky, they all got huge deals that keep the expenses much lower. Heck, Nissan left Cali because it simply couldn't refuse the deal that TN gave them. I am not sure if the state and local city can ever recoup the tax base loss payout with the gain in jobs from that tax base overtime. The model suggests it could, but it would take decades.

I will give a short list of cars and companies that I would avoid as far as providing jobs and supporting America.

Mazda (They left the Ford plant and don't use any of our U.S suppliers. No R&D, nothing. The company was bought back when it was in trouble buy a Japaense business man and gambled on Sky Active Tech and it paid off. They folded shop in America and produce everything in Japan.

Mistibushi I am surprised this company is still in business. The sales are in the toilet and don't have any products worth mentioning. They also run at the bottom of the barrel in reliability. They don't produce anything here and don't use any of our suppliers. For all those history buffs and WW2 vets, I would certainty not want to pull up in a driveway driving one of these. Mistibushi made the Zero engines.

Suzuki. Yuck, all I can say. Had a friend buy one recently and told him that's not too smart. The AC went out in 2 months. Had to get a whole new unit and it took over 3 weeks to get the part. They are pieced together cars and not worth buying. Again, surprised this company is still in business. Most of the profits and strong products comes from the Motorcycle line up. The car business is just an afterthought for the company.

Although Mazda does have some strong offerings, you still would be buying a product that isn't supporting America at all.

The D3 have certain models that are made in other countries for many reasons. Final production is only a small part of the equation and really just gets headlines more then anything. The R&D, high paying skilled jobs is what matters most along with supporting our suppliers which is really the big nut in the economy that has a 10x effect.

The D3 provide over 100k American jobs that help provide several other industries with jobs. It is a big big part of our economy and for those that don't care seem to be lost and out of reality.

 

[deadhead]

If you buy used then does it really matter where it was made?

 

[jtow]

My 2 cents. I still drive everyday my 1993 BMW 325IS I bought new, now has 304K miles on it, still runs strong.

 

[gordon112]

If you buy used then does it really matter where it was made?

Yes, but the folks that bought it new took the brunt of the hit. As long as it is still on the road and has a proper life cycle it is still important. Cars that are bought within a 3 year time frame have the biggest impact. You are also representing either an import on the road or a domestic. Parts that you buy and what you represent will be important for the life of the vehicle.

 

[deadhead]

I drive Saturn. Great car awesome gas mileage but an example of what's wrong with American car makers. They buy out a good product and then bury it because it is better than what they were putting out